week 15 - Determination

Each week I will post quotes from a different virtue. Last week’s virtue was Joyfulness. This week’s virtue is determination. Determination is the act of continuing to try to accomplish something that is complex. Whether it is starting your own business or starting the laundry, have determination.

10 Virtue Wednesday Quotes: Determination

  1. “A determined soul will do more with a rusty monkey wrench than a loafer will accomplish with all the tools in a machine shop” –Robert Hughes
  2. “We must remember that one determined person can make a significant difference, and that a small group of determined people can change the course of history” –Sonia Johnson
  3. “Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent” –Calvin Coolidge
  4. “A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work” –Colin Powell
  5. “I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go” —Langston Hughes
  6. “The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination” –Tommy Lasorda
  7. “Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen” –Ralph Waldo Emerson
  8. “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat” –Winston Churchill
  9. “If plan A doesn’t work, the alphabet has 25 more letters – 204 if you’re in Japan” –Claire Cook
  10. “What makes the difference between wishing and realizing our wishes? Lots of things, and it may take months or years for wish to come true, but it’s far more likely to happen when you care so much about a wish that you’ll do all you can to make it happen” –Fred Rogers
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